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TIME PARADOX

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Young Tim is going back in time and growing up to become his own grandfather.

Who is going back in time, young Tim or old Tim? Young Tim is going back in time. Is he growing up to become his own grandfather? Yes, he is growing up to become his own grandfather.

And even stranger, Tim’s daughter is growing up to become Tim’s mother.

Who is growing up to become Tim’s mother? Tim’s daughter is growing up to become Tim’s mother.

Aside from the family mix-up, in this story, neither young Tim nor old Tim is originally thinking of the idea for the time machine.

Who is originally thinking of the idea for the time machine, young Tim or old Tim? Neither young Tim nor old Tim are originally thinking of the idea for the time machine.

So where is the idea coming from in this fictional story? In the real world, time is slowing down or speeding up according to the speed at which we move.

Is time slowing down or speeding up according to the speed at which we move? Yes, time is slowing down or speeding up according to the speed at which we move.

One twin is traveling on a space ship moving close to the speed of light, and the other twin is staying on earth.

Who is traveling on a space ship? One twin is traveling on a space ship. How fast is that twin moving? That twin is moving close to the speed of light. What is the other twin doing? The other twin is staying on earth.

The space traveling twin is returning to earth when she realizes that she has only aged a short time compared to her twin.

What is the space traveling twin doing? The space traveling twin is returning to earth.

The space traveling twin is experiencing only a short amount of time passing.

What is the space traveling twin experiencing? The space traveling twin is experiencing only a short amount of time passing.

She is finding herself in the future when she returns.

Is she finding herself in the future when she returns? Yes, she is finding herself in the future.

Einstein’s theory is first being put to the test on a plane.

Where is Einstein’s theory first being put to the test? Einstein’s theory is first being put to the test on a plane.

Physicist Joseph C. Hafele and Astronomer Richard Keating are getting aboard Pan Am flight 106 from Washington to London.

What are they getting aboard? They are getting aboard Pan Am flight 106. Is the flight going from Washington to London? Yes, the flight is going from Washington to London.

Most of the passengers on this flight are just enjoying a normal flight, but these two scientists are making history.

What are most of the passengers on this flight doing? Most of the passengers on this flight are just enjoying a normal flight. What are these two scientists doing? These two scientists are making history.

Hafele and Keating are taking up four seats on the plane: two for themselves and two for their clocks.

How many seats are they taking up? They are taking up four seats. Why are they taking up four seats? They are taking up two seats for themselves and two seats for their clocks.

These expensive atomic clocks are keeping incredibly accurate time.

What are these expensive clocks doing? These expensive clocks are keeping incredibly accurate time.

They are measuring time down to tiny fractions of seconds.

Are they measuring time down to tiny fractions of minutes or seconds? They are measuring time down to tiny fractions of seconds.

The End.